Re: xscreensaver and Motif...
"R" == Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: R> I have looked in the doc's and R> find no way to display plain old jpg's as the screensaver instead R> of the animations. R> I would like to see an option to display the contents of an image R> directory, randomly maybe? It should be fairly easy to do this. You will need to set 2 resources: XScreenSaver*programs and XScreenSaver*colorPrograms. Try putting this in your .Xresources and make sure allow-user-resourses is in /etc/X11/config. XScreenSaver*programs: \ xv -root picture1.jpg \n\ xv -root picture2.jpg \n\ xv -root picture3.jpg \n XScreenSaver*colorPrograms: \ xv -root picture4.jpg \n R> I tried to run the demo mode to get this dialog box you spoke of R> but it just started and exited without displaying anything. That's sort of the point I was trying to make :). The way xscreensaver is compiled now, the demo mode and lock mode will not work. If I compile it with Motif, the demo and lock modes will work, but the binary packages will not be free. Motif is a widget set for X. And yes, the look is part of Motif. R> I have the app-defaults file set to use xv to display some images R> and all others shut off. What resource in particular did you set? BTW, you should set this in a personal app-defaults or X resource file, since the app defaults file will get overwritten on an upgrade. It looks like I'll make 3 versions available: the current version, a version statically linked with motif (and thus having the demo and lock functionality) and a dynamically linked Motif version for people who already have motif. -Larry -- Larry Daffner| Linux: Unleash the workstation in your PC! [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://web2.airmail.net/vizzie/ Brook's Law: Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.
RE: xscreensaver and Motif...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I have looked in the doc's and find no way to display plain old jpg's as the screensaver instead of the animations. I would like to see an option to display the contents of an image directory, randomly maybe? I tried to run the demo mode to get this dialog box you spoke of but it just started and exited without displaying anything. I have the app-defaults file set to use xv to display some images and all others shut off. What kind of extra functionality would Motif bring to a screensaver? Not all of us know what Motif does for a program. I run Motif compiled programs next to my others and don't see any difference in them. Except appearence but I assume that is just the programmers preference since I've seen good and bad appearences from all kinds of builds. So if I know what kinds of improvements Motif will bring I'll know if I would like to see it or not. Otherwise, only the programmers and the few that know the differences in the lib's will be the only ones to answer your question. On 06-Apr-97 Larry 'Daffy' Daffner wrote: > >Hi all, > >As the maintainer of xscreensaver, I have a few questions for users >and potential users. > >When xscreensaver is compiled with Motif, it has a few additional >capabilities: > >o It can be set to do locking, either through explicit direction by > xscreensaver-command, or automatically after a certain time period > (which can be different than the saver timeout). > >o It can run in 'demo mode', via xscreensaver-command, which displays > a dialog box containing all configured saver programs and allows the > user to select a mode and run it. > >I have not yet been able to get this functionality to work with >Lesstif, but thanks to CheapBytes, I now have the real thing and can >compile with Motif support, so that the above functionality works. > >So, the question: Would anyone like to see packages compiled with >Motif for the extra functionality? If so, would you like to see the >Motif package replace or supplement the non-Motif version? Or does no >one actually use xscreensaver, and I should just go stuff off and >leave y'all alone? :) > >-Larry > > >-- > Larry Daffner| Linux: Unleash the workstation in your PC! > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://web2.airmail.net/vizzie/ >One macine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of >one extraordinary man. --Elbert Hubbard > Have a good one. - -- Rick Jones E-Mail: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 07-Apr-97 Time: 15:20:25 - -- -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBM0lI+Qi+Ph+i3TgpAQGSJgP/YDxrJik77+UrOpvGtZFkaevZ8CYIzMQo f/6IGyf+dqFNBBY+U+FncE9OHUxFU9IRilCtKLk/l2jynsZ8nWlJPi5aWZUAVAaF P3JTqm9AEmaIQkuOrlG0fDN51ptvZSgGUhqjO0Gbm6DENaa2v+q8yBrlcATSZTXF xDSp0W+9EL8= =7Zp1 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: xscreensaver and Motif...
just my two cents but why not have both versions... --- j. palicke http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/palicke On Sun, 6 Apr 1997, Larry 'Daffy' Daffner wrote: > Date: Sun, 06 Apr 1997 01:02:24 -0600 > From: Larry 'Daffy' Daffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: xscreensaver and Motif... > Resent-Date: 6 Apr 1997 07:06:41 - > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Resent-cc: recipient list not shown:;@cs.purdue.edu > > > Hi all, > > As the maintainer of xscreensaver, I have a few questions for users > and potential users. > > When xscreensaver is compiled with Motif, it has a few additional > capabilities: > > o It can be set to do locking, either through explicit direction by > xscreensaver-command, or automatically after a certain time period > (which can be different than the saver timeout). > > o It can run in 'demo mode', via xscreensaver-command, which displays > a dialog box containing all configured saver programs and allows the > user to select a mode and run it. > > I have not yet been able to get this functionality to work with > Lesstif, but thanks to CheapBytes, I now have the real thing and can > compile with Motif support, so that the above functionality works. > > So, the question: Would anyone like to see packages compiled with > Motif for the extra functionality? If so, would you like to see the > Motif package replace or supplement the non-Motif version? Or does no > one actually use xscreensaver, and I should just go stuff off and > leave y'all alone? :) > > -Larry > > > -- > Larry Daffner| Linux: Unleash the workstation in your PC! > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://web2.airmail.net/vizzie/ > One macine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work > of > one extraordinary man. --Elbert Hubbard >
Re: xscreensaver and Motif...
I'd prefer there were still a free version (even a static motif version has to go in non-free, right?) although I usually use xlockmore instead...
Re: xscreensaver and Motif...
On Sun, 6 Apr 1997, Larry wrote: Larry> So, the question: Would anyone like to see packages compiled Larry> with Motif for the extra functionality? Yes Yes YEs, and IMHO you should make 2 pkgs - onw statically and one dynamically linked. Larry> If so, would you like Larry> to see the Motif package replace or supplement the non-Motif Larry> version? Or does no one actually use xscreensaver, and I Larry> should just go stuff off and leave y'all alone? :) Larry> Larry> -Larry Larry> Larry> -- Larry Daffner | Linux: Unleash the workstation in your Larry> PC! [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://web2.airmail.net/vizzie/ One Larry> macine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can Larry> do the work of one extraordinary man. --Elbert Hubbard thks borik --- Boris D. Beletsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Network Administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] Institute of Computer Science, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hebrew University Jerusalemhome: +972 2 6411880
